This category provides articles written on intimacy anorexia.
Over the years while helping others in their recovery, I have seen how recovery can be manipulated, turned, twisted, and weaponized. Knowledge, words, concepts, catchy phrases, lines, labels and even a clinical diagnosis can be used as a weapon – much like loaded gun that is always ready to be used against friends, family, [...]
In the spirit of bashing and shaming men and keeping women as victims, I thought it necessary to address this topic, which I did some time ago in another blog entitled Victimized Women and Shamed Men. For most of the women who read this blog, I warn you in advance that this blog is [...]
In this two-part blog, we are going to look at and begin to understand Cognitive Dissonance. We are going to look at this through the lens of recovery and discover how it can help you understand yourself as well as your personal and professional relationships. “In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort (psychological stress) [...]
Why Get Divorced… When You Can Stay Married? We will always justify the choices we make. We justify the items we purchase, the foods we eat, the career we choose, the cars we drive as well as the place and home in which we live. We also justify friendships and relationships. Marriage is no [...]
We experience life through our senses of taste, touch, smell, sound, sight and even intuition. The experiences we have in life through these senses give us personal perspective [Read The Power of Perspective blog]. That perspective begins to shape the way in which we see ourselves and others. Positive and negative experiences also influence [...]
I see a theme with many couples I work with. This theme is that of intimacy anorexia, love, sex addiction and codependency. Traditionally, it has been believed and thought that a man struggling with intimacy anorexia is to carry the burden and blame for not pursuing his wife emotionally, relationally, sexually and spiritually. For [...]
